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Children with Health Insurance
| Value: |
99.5 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2009 |
| Location: |
County : Marin |
| Comparison: |
CA Counties |
| Categories: |
Health / Access to Health Services
Health / Children's Health
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What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of children ages 0-17 that have any type of health insurance coverage. |
| Why this is important: Medical costs in the United States are extremely high, so people without health insurance may not be able to afford medical treatment or prescription drugs. They are also less likely to get routine checkups and screenings, so if they do become ill they will not seek treatment until the condition is more advanced and therefore more difficult and costly to treat. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to increase the proportion of people with health insurance to 100%. |
| Technical Note: The distribution is based on data from 44 California counties and county groups. |
| Source: California Health Interview Survey |
| URL of Source: http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/Pages/default.aspx |
| URL of Data: http://ask.chis.ucla.edu/main/default.asp |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
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Time Series Data
percent
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Children with Health Insurance by Gender
percent
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Children with Health Insurance by Race/Ethnicity
percent
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Children with Health Insurance
| Value: |
99.5 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2009 |
| Location: |
County : Marin |
| Comparison: |
Prior Value |
| Categories: |
Health / Access to Health Services
Health / Children's Health
|
|
What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of children ages 0-17 that have any type of health insurance coverage. |
| Why this is important: Medical costs in the United States are extremely high, so people without health insurance may not be able to afford medical treatment or prescription drugs. They are also less likely to get routine checkups and screenings, so if they do become ill they will not seek treatment until the condition is more advanced and therefore more difficult and costly to treat. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to increase the proportion of people with health insurance to 100%. |
| Technical Note: The trend is a comparison between the most recent and previous measurement periods. Confidence intervals were taken into account in determining the direction of the trend. |
| Source: California Health Interview Survey |
| URL of Source: http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/Pages/default.aspx |
| URL of Data: http://ask.chis.ucla.edu/main/default.asp |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
|
Time Series Data
percent
|
|
Children with Health Insurance by Gender
percent
|
|
Children with Health Insurance by Race/Ethnicity
percent
|
|
|
Children with Health Insurance
| Value: |
99.5 percent |
|
Healthy People 2020 Target:
|
100.0 percent |
Measurement
Period: |
2009 |
| Location: |
County : Marin |
| Comparison: |
Healthy People 2020 Target |
| Categories: |
Health / Access to Health Services
Health / Children's Health
|
|
What is this Indicator?
This indicator shows the percentage of children ages 0-17 that have any type of health insurance coverage. |
| Why this is important: Medical costs in the United States are extremely high, so people without health insurance may not be able to afford medical treatment or prescription drugs. They are also less likely to get routine checkups and screenings, so if they do become ill they will not seek treatment until the condition is more advanced and therefore more difficult and costly to treat. The Healthy People 2020 national health target is to increase the proportion of people with health insurance to 100%. |
| Source: California Health Interview Survey |
| URL of Source: http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu/chis/Pages/default.aspx |
| URL of Data: http://ask.chis.ucla.edu/main/default.asp |
| Maintained By: Healthy Communities Institute |
|
Time Series Data
percent
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Children with Health Insurance by Gender
percent
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Children with Health Insurance by Race/Ethnicity
percent
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